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Schizoid Personality Disorder

Schizoid Personality Disorder Schizoid personality disorder (ScPD) is one of the “odd cluster” or “cluster A” personality disorders in DSM-IV. In the present article, the authors review information pertaining to the psychometric characteristics of ScPD as gleaned from a search of relevant publications as well as from databases of personality disorder study groups. Comparatively little evidence exists for the validity and reliability of ScPD as a separate, multifaceted personality disorder. Some authors, moreover, have contended that the group of patients termed “schizoid” actually fall into two distinct groups—an “affect constricted” group, who might better be subsumed within schizotypal personality disorder, and a “seclusive” group, who might better be subsumed within avoidant personality disorder. The research-based justification for retaining ScPD as an independent diagnosis is sufficiently sparse for it to seem reasonable to remove ScPD from the list of personality disorders in DSM-V , and instead to invite clinicians to code for schizoid traits using a dimensional model. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Personality Disorders Guilford Press

Schizoid Personality Disorder

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Guilford Press
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© 2012 The Guilford Press
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0885-579X
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10.1521/pedi.2012.26.6.919
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Abstract

Schizoid personality disorder (ScPD) is one of the “odd cluster” or “cluster A” personality disorders in DSM-IV. In the present article, the authors review information pertaining to the psychometric characteristics of ScPD as gleaned from a search of relevant publications as well as from databases of personality disorder study groups. Comparatively little evidence exists for the validity and reliability of ScPD as a separate, multifaceted personality disorder. Some authors, moreover, have contended that the group of patients termed “schizoid” actually fall into two distinct groups—an “affect constricted” group, who might better be subsumed within schizotypal personality disorder, and a “seclusive” group, who might better be subsumed within avoidant personality disorder. The research-based justification for retaining ScPD as an independent diagnosis is sufficiently sparse for it to seem reasonable to remove ScPD from the list of personality disorders in DSM-V , and instead to invite clinicians to code for schizoid traits using a dimensional model.

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Journal of Personality Disorders – Guilford Press

Published: Dec 1, 2012

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